Tag



" I Pa ten ted Feb; 25,1930

was I v Application filed June 24',

Q It is the object of this invention to provide tag may 'shelfy Fig. 3 1s a view in front elevation of the trating the a novel and improved tag adapted to be used as a price tag for marking goods or for other purposes and including a pair ofstrip mem-. bers situated in a roll having'a sight opening 7 therethrough, the said strip members having a plurality of various designations printed or otherwise applied thereto adjacent their 'inneredges, wherebyrvarious combinations of the designations can be brought to view through the sight opening.

- To this end, the invention consists in the" fstrip 8 are s'hown a being; numerals printed thereon, while the designations ll on the e strip 9- are illustrat'ed as} also being: numerals; 05

I) esignations I 12 which are cent signs are prin a "of: the numer-ails '11; EhedesignatiOnS l0 s onth'e'g stripi'8 I are spaced 1 from' each. other 7 iroin' top toivbottom; when thefistripis laid manner in whichthe tags may out flat i'aslshown-in Fig.4,andgthenumerals I Inovel parts and novel combinations of parts,

' hereinafter defined in the claim anddescribed in the following specification, made in con- I I nection with the accompanying drawings, wherein-like reference characters referto the same or similar parts throughout thevarious views, and, n which, r, v Fig.1 1s a view in front elevation llusbeused to designate the price of various 9 f shelved canned goods;

' Fig.2 is a view in-side elevation'of the tag and illustrates'the manner in which the tag, and

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are'plan views respectively, of two strips having printed designations thereon with the tag, the said 4 unrolled condition.

that may be used in connection Referring to the drawings-in accordance with the present invention a plate turned at one end to form avhollow cylindriwhich opening ispreferably of substantially rectangular shape.

A pair of strips '8 and 9 respectively, oomposed'of card board having some resiliency, or from any other similar partially resilient material that can be readily rolled, are rolled up and placed within the roll 7 so that the inner'edges of the two strips 8 and 9 abut each other. The resiliency of the strips 8 and 9 tend to straighten out thestrips when in rol ed. condltion' and,

{drawings read, from rtop 'sti'ipf fi a 4, "there being numeral 93" and the numeral 551?; nations ill on the'fstrip 9, when l the 'stripi9 is v ancient flati 'a's -.shown in Fig. 5, are spaced be supported between a can and astripes and' eare of such widththat when th'ey "are inserted within :the roll 7 5 their combined "widthswill extend across the roll e and a portionot feach= stripf8 *and j 9 adjacent the inne'r edges ofithesame, will be capable the drawings," the designations 10 on the on the s trip 9 to the right of l each iforming the designations w, and thedesignatioiii isipl a'ced behind strips being shown in -e'ahfii the designations i1 1; ith; this cona structifon,

' tion= of numer'als f-rom 1-' to 99, together. with, l v 6 of-thin j l sheet materlal is provided, and this plate is it will be seen that' 'any-combina-' a cent; sign can be brought to; view through the'zsightj opening 7. inithe" rolls 7 by rotating the i variousirollzedistrips "8. and 9 relative to the; roll 7 new eachotlier-whenthestrips are inkp'lace. 1 The strips Siand 9 can be read-"- ily.- rotated irelative .toathe T roll-1 7 by. :merely inserting a finger in the openingiinoneyof 1 the' riolled strips; and :turning the Lfinger; If

itshoul d beiffouiid;dueto the overlapping of the ends of one of the strips 8 or 9, whenfi the strips are rolled and inserted within the r0117, that the desired designations 10 or 11 cannot be brought to view 'throu gh the sight opening 7 the partioularstripSor 9 can be removed fr m the roll 7, and the ends accordingly; the 7 stripswill tightly bear agamst th inner surfaces of the roll 7;: The

to bottom as shownaon theidrawings, V

of the strip may be overlapped in an opposite direction than formally to expose the desired designations 10 or 11 on the outer surface of the rolled strip.

In Fig. 1, a number of the tags are shown in place to mark theprice of various canned goods held in shelf compartments. The cans of canned goods are designated by the numoral 13, the shelves by the numeral and vertical partitions between the shelves are designated by the numeral 15. The straight or shank portion of the plate 6 may be inserted between one or more of the cans 13"" and a shelf 14 as best indicated in;Fig 2,'

15 whereupon the weight of the can will hold the tag in position. As any desired-combi-. nation of the numerals 10- and'ltmay be .brought'to view through thesight opening, it. will be seen that the tag may be used as a permanent price tag for any type of goods sold having a price range from 1to99 and,

' accordingly, price tags for each article sold within'a store need not be printed daily or whenever the prices on the goodschange. J

. 5 Although the strips 5, v8 and 9 are illustrated as having numerals printed-thereon adjacent their inner edges, it will be understood that any other type of designation may be substituted for the numerals and cent signs, if desired, such for example, as letters or the like, if it is desired to usethe tag for 1 i 7 other types of marking. It will be further understood that various types-of attaching means may be substituted for the shank porftion:of the plate 6 to permit the roll 7-to be M V conveniently applied to goods, shelves, or the like, where desired. 7 1 V 7 The tag is very simple in construction and can be cheaply made and put on themarket.

in T It will, of course, be understood that vari- 'What is claimed is i ous. changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts without departing. from] the scope of the present invention.

fA tag comprising a rollhaing' a si ht opening therethrough and a pair 'ofrol ed 'strip members mounted in said roll and'havingtheir edges disposed adjacent each other -to so that. a portion of each strip .member'm'ay be viewed through said sight opening, said strip "members having a plurality of spaced designations thereon adjacent theirinner 7 edges, whereby by rotating said strip mem-- bers in said roll various combinations'ofdesig-nations may bebrought to view through said sightopening.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signaturew 

